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"It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you."

Spy Game is a thriller that stars Robert Redford as a career CIA agent Nathan Muir, and a younger captured CIA agent, Tom Bishop, played by Brad Pitt. The story takes place in 1991 and centers around the delicate trade agreements at that time between the United States and China. The Pitt character was given 24 hours to live unless the US government intervenes.

To assist with Bishop's rescue, the seasoned agent Muir on his last day of work is called in to help get Bishop out. To complicate the entire operation, Bishop was in China on his own, without authority from the agency. The agency is hoping that Muir will be able to give them some advice on justifying not capturing Bishop. Unbeknownst to the agency, Muir came to the table already knowing the perilous situation Bishop was in.